2021 L.A. Times Festival of Books Preview Victoria Chang Victoria Chang, poet and author of “Obit,” a finalist for a 2020 L.A. Times Book Prize in Poetry, will read from her collection on the L.A. Times’ Virtual Poetry Stage. AdvertisementI think people may disagree with me, but so much of grief in my experience — and depression — is very lonely. I was trying to write the book that I needed to help me through my grief because I didn’t find anything in poetry that helped me. I just went in the other direction, really stark and really dry and really clean. I’m a Chinese American person, I’m a Taiwanese American person.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 06, 2021 14:02 UTC